Search Louisiana Recent Bookings
Louisiana recent bookings are public records maintained by parish sheriff offices and published through the state LA VINE roster system. If you need to find who has been recently arrested or booked into a Louisiana parish jail, you can search live data from all 64 parishes. Each parish roster updates every 30 minutes using direct feeds from the jail's own management system. You can search by name or browse alphabetically. This page covers how to find recent bookings in Louisiana and links to every parish and major city in the state.
Louisiana Recent Bookings Quick Facts
How the Louisiana Recent Bookings System Works
The main tool for viewing recent bookings in Louisiana is the LA VINE system, run by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. LA VINE stands for Louisiana Automated Victim Notification System. It pulls data straight from each parish jail's Jail Management System and sends it to a public roster website. The LCLE states these rosters update every 30 minutes. The data feed is the same one the jail uses for its own records, which keeps accuracy high. Even so, the agency notes that information may not always reflect the most current status of any given booking due to processing time. You can find the full directory of parish rosters at the LA VINE Rosters page.
Each parish has its own roster URL using the format [parishname].lavns.org/roster.aspx. Most rosters let you filter by last name using A-Z tabs. Clicking an entry brings up more detail about that person and their booking. The LA VINE system also lets victims register to get notified when an offender's custody status changes. Registration is free and works around the clock. For those who do not have internet access, the LA VINE phone line at 866-LAVNS-4-U (866-528-6748) covers all Louisiana parish jails. The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association directory lists contact info for every parish sheriff's office if you need to reach a specific department directly.
Not every parish roster stays active at all times. Grant, Terrebonne, and Union parishes have had offline periods with their LAVINE rosters. For those locations, calling the jail or using VINELink is the best backup option.
What Louisiana Recent Bookings Include
The data shown on a Louisiana recent booking record depends on the parish. Most rosters display a standard set of fields, though some parishes share more detail than others. Mugshot availability varies widely by parish policy.
- Full name (last name, first name)
- Date of birth
- Race and gender
- Arrest or booking date
- Charges listed at the time of booking
- Bond amount (where posted)
- Booking photograph when the parish makes it available
Some parishes go further. Bossier Parish shows booking date, current charges, bond amount, housing facility, and next court date when one is scheduled. Mugshots there are available upon written request to the facility. Vermilion Parish lets you search by court case number (CCN) in addition to name, which is useful if you already have case info. Caddo and Calcasieu parishes both post booking photographs directly on their LAVINE rosters. Ascension Parish has a separate inmate query portal on the sheriff's website that shows jail history. Jefferson Parish keeps an online inmate search as well. St. John the Baptist Parish publishes daily arrest reports at stjohnsheriff.org that include the charge description and felony or misdemeanor classification for each booking.
Juvenile booking records are never part of the public roster. All persons listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Louisiana State Offender Search
Parish jails hold people who have been recently arrested or who are waiting for trial. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) runs a separate database for state inmates. These are people serving sentences in Louisiana state prisons, not those recently booked into a local parish jail. If you are looking for someone held in a state facility, the DPS&C offender search is the right place to start. It covers current custody status, offense information, facility location, and projected release dates. Probation and parole records are included as well.
For questions about a specific state inmate, call the imprisoned person locator line at 225-383-4580. This line runs 24 hours a day. You need the person's DPS&C number or their name and date of birth to get results. Public records requests related to DPS&C can be emailed to docpublicrecords@la.gov or mailed to the Deputy Secretary's Office, P.O. Box 94304, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. Fees may apply for copies. This state system is a different tool than the parish-level LAVINE rosters, and a person may appear in one but not the other depending on where they are held.
VINELink and Louisiana Booking Records
VINELink is a free national database that tracks inmate custody status in 48 states and more than 2,900 jails and prisons. Louisiana is part of this network. You can search for any person in custody, view their status, and sign up to get notified if that status changes. Notifications go out by email, text, or phone call at no cost. The service pulls from the same data pipeline as LA VINE in Louisiana, so results should match what you find on individual parish rosters. VINELink is especially useful for tracking transfers between facilities, since it covers both parish jails and state prisons in one place.
The link below goes to the VINELink search tool, which lets you look up inmates by name or offender ID number. Results show the facility where the person is held and their current custody status. This is a good backup when a specific parish roster is offline or when you need to check multiple locations at once.
Note: VINELink data for Louisiana reflects the same feed used by the LA VINE parish roster system, so the information is consistent across both tools.
Louisiana Public Records Law and Arrest Information
Booking records are public information in Louisiana. The state public records law under R.S. 44:1 defines what records are available to citizens and what agencies must disclose. R.S. 44:31 gives people the right to inspect and copy those records. R.S. 15:587 specifically addresses arrest and booking information, and it confirms that this data is generally public. These statutes form the foundation for why sheriff offices publish their booking rosters online and make them free to search. Under R.S. 44:32, agencies can charge reasonable copy fees, typically between $0.25 and $1.00 per page, when someone wants printed copies of records rather than just viewing them online.
Some limits apply. Mugshots may be restricted based on parish policy. Juvenile records are sealed and never appear on any public roster. Louisiana Constitution Article XII, Section 3 addresses the balance between public access and personal privacy, which is why some personal details may be withheld even when a booking is public. Parishes like Assumption publish detailed arrest reports on their websites with full charge descriptions, while others share minimal details beyond the basic name and date. What you can see depends on the specific parish and its current policy.
Keep in mind that a booking record does not mean the person was convicted. Charges at the time of booking may be changed, reduced, or dropped entirely as the case moves through the system.
When a Parish Roster Is Not Online
A few parishes do not have active online rosters at all times. Grant Parish's LAVINE roster has been offline. Terrebonne Parish's roster has also been offline at times, and the direct contact for recent booking information is the Jerry J. Larpenter Criminal Justice Complex at (985) 857-0361. Union Parish's roster has similarly had downtime, and the Union Parish Detention Center can be reached at (318) 368-9827 for current booking information. For any parish where the online roster is unavailable, calling the jail directly is the fastest way to confirm if someone is in custody.
The LA VINE phone line at 866-LAVNS-4-U (866-528-6748) is a free alternative that works 24 hours a day and covers all Louisiana parish jails without needing internet access. The VINELink site is also a good backup. Some parishes offer additional tools beyond the standard LAVINE roster. Vermilion Parish has a prisoner search portal that lets you search by name or court case number. Tangipahoa Parish maintains an alternative roster at tbs-web.com in addition to their LAVINE page. Ascension Parish offers a full inmate query tool on the sheriff's website that goes beyond the standard roster view.
Browse Louisiana Recent Bookings by Parish
Each of Louisiana's 64 parishes has its own sheriff's office and jail booking system. Select a parish below to find the local LAVINE roster link, sheriff contact information, and other booking resources for that area.
Recent Bookings in Major Louisiana Cities
Cities across Louisiana are served by their parish sheriff for jail bookings. Select a city below to find local booking resources and roster links for that area.